Morphological description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) veintemillaSi n. sp., a new sand fly species from the sub-Andean region of Bolivia
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Martinez, Eddy
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Leon, Renato
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Mihalca, Andrei Daniel
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Dujardin, Jean-Pierre
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Pont, François Le
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Parasites & Vectors
2022
327
2022-09-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05433-1
journal article
10.1186/s13071-022-05433-1
1756-3305
PMC9484205
36123736
11074761
Identification key for species of the subgenus
Pifanomyia
—Evansi series (updated from
Galati
, 2018)
Males
1 Paramere with straight dorsal margin, completely covered by spiniform setae……………. 2
Paramere with dorsal margin slightly curved at the apex towards the gonocoxite, setae restricted to this apical area …………………………………………………………
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
ovallesi
2(1) Sperm pump c. 150 µm long; the pavilion’s diameter being larger than that of the sperm sac; aedeagal ducts c. 670 μm; parameres thick,the digitiform part’s width slightly smaller than that of the base and as long as the epandrial lobe ……… …………
Pi
. (
Pif.
)
evansi
Sperm pump c. 120 µm long; the pavilion’s diameter being smaller or equal to that of the sperm sac; aedeagal ducts c.≤ 570 μm; parameres thinner, with the digitiform part’s width perceptibly narrower than its base and smaller than the epandrial lobe …………………… 3
3(2) Gonocoxite with tuft of two or more setae;thorax with paratergite brown ……………………. …….……………………… …………………………………………..
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
maranonensis
Gonocoxite without tuft of setae; thorax with paratergite straw…………………….………4
4(3) Pleura straw, relation aedeagal ducts /genital pump =4.60 …………………
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
nevesi
Pleura partially pigmented, relation aedeagal ducts /genital pump = 4,12 ………………….……………………………… ………………………………………
Pi.
(
Pif.
)
veintemillasi
Females
1 Spermatheca without apical ring ……………………… ………………………………………………….. 2
Spermatheca with apical ring ……………………………… ……………………………………………… 4
2(1) Labrum-epipharynx ≥ 330 μm; thorax with paratergite and mesonotum brown, contrasting with the straw pleura ……… ……………………………………………………..
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
maranonensis
Labrum-epipharynx <300 μm; thorax with paratergite straw ……………………………………………3
3(2) Labrum-epipharynx 275–296 μm; thorax with paratergite straw; pleura partially straw with brown pigmentation at the base (katepisternum and katepimeron)
………………………. ……………………………………………………………… ………………….. Pi.
(
Pif.
)
veintemillasi
Labrum-epipharynx ≤ 270 μm;Thorax with paratergite and pleura straw…….
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
nevesi
4(1) Spermatheca with a constriction in its apical half ……… ……………………….
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
ovallesi
Spermatheca without constriction in its apical half ……… …………………
Pi
. (
Pif
.)
evansi